NAME

std::wcsxfrm - std::wcsxfrm

Synopsis

Defined in header <cwchar>
std::size_t wcsxfrm( wchar_t* dest, const wchar_t* src, std::size_t count );

Transforms the null-terminated wide string pointed to by src into the
implementation-defined form such that comparing two transformed strings with
std::wcscmp gives the same result as comparing the original strings with
std::wcscoll, in the current C locale.

The first count characters of the transformed string are written to destination,
including the terminating null character, and the length of the full transformed
string is returned, excluding the terminating null character.

If count is 0, then dest is allowed to be a null pointer.

Notes

The correct length of the buffer that can receive the entire transformed string is 1
+ std::wcsxfrm(nullptr, src, 0).

This function is used when making multiple locale-dependent comparisons using the
same wide string or set of wide strings, because it is more efficient to use
std::wcsxfrm to transform all the strings just once, and subsequently compare the
transformed wide strings with std::wcscmp.

Parameters

dest - pointer to the first element of a wide null-terminated string to write the
transformed string to
src - pointer to the null-terminated wide character string to transform
count - maximum number of characters to output

Return value

The length of the transformed wide string, not including the terminating
null-character.

Example

// Run this code

#include <iostream>
#include <cwchar>

int main()
{
std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "sv_SE.utf8");

std::wstring in1 = L"\u00e5r";
std::wstring out1(1+std::wcsxfrm(nullptr, in1.c_str(), 0), L' ');
std::wstring in2 = L"\u00e4ngel";
std::wstring out2(1+std::wcsxfrm(nullptr, in2.c_str(), 0), L' ');

std::wcsxfrm(&out1[0], in1.c_str(), out1.size());
std::wcsxfrm(&out2[0], in2.c_str(), out2.size());

std::wcout << "In the Swedish locale: ";
if(out1 < out2)
std::wcout << in1 << " before " << in2 << '\n';
else
std::wcout << in2 << " before " << in1 << '\n';

std::wcout << "In lexicographical comparison: ";
if(in1 < in2)
std::wcout << in1 << " before " << in2 << '\n';
else
std::wcout << in2 << " before " << in1 << '\n';

}

Output:

In the Swedish locale: år before ängel
In lexicographical comparison: ängel before år